The Working Time Regulations 1998 were amended with effect from 1 January 2024 to codify existing EU case law covering the carry over of annual leave in some exceptional circumstances. What
does the legislation now say?
Published 25.01.2024
For holiday years beginning on or after 1 April 2024, new rules will apply to annual leave under the Working Time Regulations 1998 for irregular hours and part-year workers. What are the
essentials of those new rules?
Published 28.02.2024
In recent months, the European Court of Justice has dealt with a number of cases involving holiday pay and sickness absence. Here, an employment tribunal has just heard the first case on this point.
What does it mean for you?
Published 09.03.2010
You operate an annual shutdown between Christmas and New Year and require staff to save enough leave to cover it. However, one employee hasn’t enough leave left. What are your options?
Published 17.11.2005
Do you pay a basic rate which includes an element for holiday pay (otherwise called rolled-up holiday pay)? If you do, what’s the current legal situation and what are the key elements for your
contracts?
Published 05.05.2005
The government has declared that Friday, April 29 2011 - the day of the Royal Wedding - will be a bank holiday. Are your staff automatically entitled to this particular day off and what is the
statutory position on pay?
Published 16.12.2010
Even with the summer holiday season behind us, we’re still receiving countless queries about annual leave. So what is an employee’s entitlement? Read on for the answers to the most often asked
questions.
Published 06.10.2005
All workers are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday in each leave year. But what happens when a new employee starts work part-way through your leave year? How is their statutory holiday
entitlement calculated?
Published 30.08.2016
Let’s suppose that an employee has not taken their full annual leave entitlement due to circumstances beyond their control. Are they automatically allowed to carry the balance of it over into your
next holiday year?
Published 24.02.2015
Due to the way the bank holidays fall in 2018 and 2019, some employers will be in breach of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) if they don’t give their employees an additional day’s holiday.
What do you need to know?
Published 17.11.2017